Top Australian designers and Moroso – furniture and fashion collide

To celebrate the Australian arrival of Patrizia Moroso, one of the design world’s most acclaimed figures and Art Director of famed Italian furniture company Moroso(for Hub Furniture), seven top Australian fashion designers and brands were enlisted to collaborate with the company to upholster two iconic Moroso chairs – the Smock and Take a Line for a Walk – in an exciting partnership that amalgamates fashion, furniture and first-class design.

Akira Isogawa, Gorman, Steven Khalil, Martin Grant, Crumpler, Nobody Denim and Kuwaii were the designers and brands chosen for their distinctive aesthetics and ongoing positive contribution to the Australian fashion world. Perfectly aligned with Moroso’s daring look and forward-thinking ethos, the brands were an obvious choice for the partnership and each will have their chair presented at Hub Furniture’s Melbourne and Sydney Showrooms, Moroso’s exclusive stockist on the east coast of Australia.

Jaci Foti-Lowe, Owner and Director of Hub Furniture and close friend of Patrizia’s, says the idea came about after a collaboration she between Moroso and Issey Miyake in 2015.

“Moroso as a company are not just about furniture, they are about unconventional vision, creativity, colour, progressive development and contemporary concepts that suffuse into all facets of design, not just furniture, which is why we wanted to showcase the company in a left-of-centre way in a fashion collaboration to elevate her October arrival in Australia,” says Jaci.

Patrizia is no stranger to creative collaborations, having teamed up with an array of top artists and designers during her reign at Moroso. She is recognised as the driving force behind her best friend Patricia Urquiola’s stellar rise to fame and is known for discovering and elevating fresh young talent to the international spotlight with the likes of Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien indebted to her vision. Patrizia brought Issey Miyake to the table with sculptor Ron Arad in ground breaking collaborations that fuse fashion, sculpture and furniture. Plus, she teamed up with friend and Yugoslav performance artist Marina Abramovich for an unusual contemporary art installation. She gives a voice to the creative visions of the likes of Ross Lovegrove, Tom Dixon and Sebastian Herkner and marries traditional craft with sophisticated production techniques to deliver a brand, Moroso, which sets the pace of design.

Patrizia was excited about the prospect of working with a group of well-known and highly regarded Australian fashion designers.

Since 1952, Moroso has been working in close collaboration with some of the world’s most talented designers to produce luxury sofas and seating.

Along with its product catalogue, the culmination of 30 years’ work in design and expression, Moroso offers customers its design and production expertise to create customised projects for the contract and luxury residential sectors. Their ability to offer unique products is thanks to the combined talents of their 70 master artisans, network of trusted suppliers, the use of high quality materials and a true attention to detail.

Hub Furniture is a 13-year-old privately owned company representing some of the world’s most respected furniture, lighting, flooring, art and accessories brands exclusively in the Australian market. In meeting their objective as curators of international design, Hub sources unique products from across the globe, returning to Australia only the richest tapestry of quality on offer. Brands represented by Hub include Moroso, Molteni & C, MDF Italia, Viccarbe, Lowe Furniture, Bocci and Michael Anastassiades.

With showrooms located in Melbourne and Sydney, Hub values loyalty, longevity and stability with their brand partnerships and strives to find honest, ethical and original content that is competitively priced and inherently beautiful.